"老虎窗" meaning in Chinese

See 老虎窗 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lɔ²² fu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /lɔ²² hu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/, /lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/, /lɔ²² fu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/, /lɔ²² hu⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑ̃²¹/ Chinese transliterations: lǎohǔchuāng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ fu² coeng¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ⁶lau-fu₅-tshaon₁; ⁶lau-hu₅-tshaon₁, lǎohǔchuāng [Phonetic:láohǔchuāng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄤ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], lǎohǔchuang [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], lao³-hu³-chʻuang¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], lǎu-hǔ-chwāng [Mandarin, Yale, standard], laohuuchuang [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], лаохучуан [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], laoxučuan [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], lóuh fú chēung [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ fu² tsoeng¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ fu² cêng¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ⁶lau-fu₅-tshaon₁; ⁶lau-hu₅-tshaon₁ [Northern, Wu], lau^去 fu^去 tshaon^平; lau^去 hu^去 tshaon^平 [Northern, Wu], ³lau-fu₂-tshaan₁; ³lau-hu₂-tshaan₁ [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu]
Etymology: Originally Shanghainese; 老虎 (“tiger”) is a phono-semantic matching of English roof, via Shanghainese. Etymology templates: {{bor|cmn|wuu-sha|-}} Shanghainese, {{zh-l|*老虎|tiger}} 老虎 (“tiger”), {{psm|zh|en|roof|nocap=1}} phono-semantic matching of English roof, {{der|zh|wuu-sha|-}} Shanghainese Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 老虎窗
  1. (originally Shanghainese) dormer-window
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      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/",
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      "zh-pron": "lóuh fú chēung"
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      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fu² tsoeng¹"
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      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fu² cêng¹"
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        "Northern",
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    },
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